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Zr - - -c fr.f fFr'- "t -JJP!ig '3aS?-S ? a. "Kg i'SZt'. jsssr- -'- -yx: rC -- fet y .W--, '- t . '". r , ! v .,;s-.-" ., - -- vv .s -ivw.- --.- - - . .--.- -.,'., - ' v ' .; "t: ifi ( o &- tfc"3r - GOLD WITHIN REACH. : HMa Sarprtaa OM-Tlaaa awctara by TleldJatT Gald la Uaacateca Far natlem Harataf CaaaMared Worthies The Ragged top District is located about ten miles southwesterly from Dcadwood. Fair sized bodies of gold bearing1 rock running in value from 53o to 57.1 per ton are being worked in that section now, in an area of two and one-hat f to three miles square. In the Ragged Top district good float has been found in a great many places. The discovery of mineral bearing rock in the Ragged Top district occurred so late in the year that prospecting has not been pursued up to the present time as vigorously as it will be when the weather moderates and the -snow goes off. The fact that good ore is found right at the grass roots in that section, makes the district especially advantageous for prospectors and others of limited means. Monej' with which to continue development of their ground being obtainable from the sale of their ore almost as soon as they be gin work. This has been the experi ence of" the men who made the discoveries in that section. Beyond Ragged Top. in the Spcarfish and Iron Creek districts, for a distance of five or .six miles, the same kind of float rock is being found, and if present indications amount to anything, the districts bid fair to add greatly to the gold producing era of the Black Hills. Three towns have been established in the Ragged Top district, namely, Ragged Top, Preston and Balmoral. To reach this district prospectors go to Dead wood and take hacks, several en terprising liverymen having arranged for regular service between Deadwood and Ragged Top. Take the Xorth "Westcrn Line to Dcadwood. FARM AND GARDEN. MATTERS OF INTEREST AGRICULTURISTS. TO Eene Cp-to-datc Hints About Cultiva tion or tbe Soil and Yield Thereof Horticulture, Viticulture aul Fieri-caltare. carry off a few cherries and strawber ries, but it is only for a few days, and the remainder of the season they are working for you. and doing work you cannot hire a man or' boy to do. Pro tect the birds, let them build their nests on your premises, and see they are not disturbed. Encourage their in crease, it will pay In more ways than one. Utilization of Salt Water. The cable power plant of the Sutter Street railway, in San Francisco, probably gets its condensing water from a greater distance than any other street railway plant in the world. The ' water, is piped five miles from the ocean to the power plant. After use in the condenser, it Is piped to the Lur line baths near by, at a temperature of 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Tho piping of the water is done by the Olympic Salt Water company, and the Sutter Street railway pays for its use in tho condensers. The daily output Is 300, 000 gallons. The arrangement is one mutually agreeable to the street rail way and salt water company, and may be a suggestion of what can be dons elsewhere. How' Thin! Wc offer One Hundred Dollars reward Tor :uiy case of Catarrh that caunot ba cured iiv Hall's Catarrh Cure. 1". -I CHENEY & CO., l'rops., Toledo. Ohio, AW, tlic undersigned, liavc known P. 'J. Cheney for the last !." years, and bcllevo him crfcc!ly honorable in all buiue-s transactions and financially able to carry out anv obligations niad'j by their Urtn. We,t k Trua.v, Wholesale Druggist. To ledo. O. W.-ilUIny, Kinnaii & Marvin, Wholesale DrusgisK Toledo. Ohio. Mall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, Acting directly upou the blood and mu cous surfaces" of ihc h.vstcm. I'rloe 7.Tc jer botllc. Spld by all druggists. Testi inoninlsfrce. Hall's l'atnily Pills arc the best. Queer Pet. Two queer pet animals are owned by ' Msses Lillian F. and Agnes C. Myers of Omaha, Neb. Miss Lillian has a white horned toad from California, which seems to understand what is said to it and obeys like a pet dog. Miss Agnes has a true wildcat, which is, nevertheless, tame. The pets make a strange combination, and his toad ship takes many of his naps in the long hair of his big playmate. The animals occupy a massive cage together. ext Tiaaa, Pendennis If I had known you were going to drop in on us so unexpectedly v.c should have had a more elaborate dinner. Warrington (wrestling with a tough piece of steak) Don't mention , It, old man, but next time I'll be sure to let you know. Melbourne Times. HE desire to culti vate as much land as possible in order to get the most possible from it has led to general neg lect of meadow and pasture lands, says American Cultiva tor. Only when it was found that the soil had lost so much fertility that it would not pay for cultivating was it seeded down or left to grow up with euch herbage, both weeds and grass, as nature provided. The result is that most of the land now in grass is by that very fact discredited as being presumably fit for nothing else. Yet there is in all grass land a constant tendency to increase In fertil ity. It Is so even when the land is left to grow up with weeds and bushes. These shelter the surface, hold the leaves that fall on the land from being blown away. The decomposition of these leaves gradually builds up soil, and to this must be added the excre ment from animals fed on the herbage which the soil is still able to grow. Usually when the improvement of grass land is determined upon the sod to be turned under and rot is regarded as an important part of the soil assets. Improving the land as meadow or pas ture by manuring jt and still keeping it 'anpiowed is hardly ever thought of. Yet as In most cases this grass land is, even with manure, not quite rich enough for profitable cropping, the ex periment is worth trying of applying to it such manure as can be had and see what the increased grass or hay prod uct will be worth. This is done suc cessfully in England. Why may it not be also in the older parts of this coun try? The demand for hay is general ly good in all eastern cities. Will it Ppay to fertilize grass so as to make the growing of hay profitable? If it will not pay to maintain fertility in gras land, the logical sequence is that all hay or grass taken from it helps to re duce fertility so that the soil will be worth nothing for the production of any kind of crop. It is likely that in the future, as in the nast, most of the hay crop in this country will be pro duced in the years when the rotation between cultivated crops and grass re quires that the laud be seeded. Our climate is not moist like that of Eng land. Hence it caunot keep a good sod many years without plowing and rc- seeding. This also is so much the best for cultivated land that there need be no fear that the profits of cultivated crops will so lessen the amount of land in grass that there will not be hay enough to feed with grain and coarser fodder, nor that it will fail to be sup plied at reasonable orices. Frrdlag; Bees. It must be understood that sufficient feed is of prime importance, said & speaker at a Minnesota Institute. Where hives contain less than 20 pounds of sealed stores they should be fed by giv ing them sealed combs of honey, if we have such; if not, a syrup made by mix ing 10 pounds of water with 20 pounds of granulated sugar and heating it to the boiling point makes a first-class winter food. At the present price of sugar, thi3 syrup will cost not more than 4 cents per pound,, and 12 pounds. costing 50 cents, will when added to the small store already in the hive winter a strong colony, when placed in a cellar and kept at a temperature of from 40 to 45 degrees. Surely no hu mane man will let these industrious and profitable insects perish for want of this small outlay. There are many ways of giving this feed, the cheapest being by tipping the hive an inch or so back and pouring the feed in at the.en trance, a quart or so at a time. But the bottom of the hive must bo sealed light or the syrup will leak out and cause robbing, which is one of the great dangers in feeding. But whatever method is employed In giving the feed it should always be given just at night, so that the bees may have it all taken up by morning. A far better way for fall feeding is by a suitable feeder to set on top of. the hive, and give the feed all at one time, which saves much work and avoids robbing. With five or six such feeders many colonies may be fed in a short time. A shallow milk pan filled with syrup or honey, with a piece of cheesecloth or other light cloth laid loosely over the top, to prevent the bees from drowning, makes a good feeder. The pan must be placed "on top of the hive, with an empty hive body or other box placed over it to keep rob- ui-ii, uui, anu a small opening niaue m the hive lop below to enable the bees to reach the feed. DAIRY AND POULTRY. FARM. INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR OUR RURAL READERS. How Saeeeasfal Farmers Operate TIM Department of the Farm A Feir niats a to the Care of Lin Stack tad Pealtry. ' 1 iVs r ImmtCr Mr. ICiMlaw'e See-tMa- Strap For f-liildrrntrcthIn.artrTi!tlir gum, rrducrs inflam mation, allajs pain, ram wind colic, S3 ceatsa bottle. The truly great are Uiom who can conquer I themselves. I Sfecraaan'e Camphor Ito with Glycerine. Cun-s Chapped Ian and Far. Tender or Sore Fret, Chilblain!, pile, c C. C. dark Co., New Uatea, Ct. If there is good lima it will briiis in others. out good When l.illious or costive, eat a Cascaret. taudy cathartic, cure guaranteed, 10c, 25c. Thirty-two thousand varieties of goods arc now manufactured from wool. Pure Blood is what everyone should have at this sea son. Therefore purify and enricL your blood now with a thorough courst cf Hood's Sarsaparilla The best-in fact the One Tree Blood Purifier. importance of Water. The importance of water to the grow ing plant can only be understood when we apprehend and appreciate how large a part of its structure is composed of water, and that even this large percent age of its composition is but a fraction of the total amount used in its develop ment. The quantity of water entering into the structure of plants varies from 60 to as high as 9S per cent of their total weight During the entire period of growth there is a constant giving off of moisture by the foliage, and it must be made good by that which is taken up by the roots. By experiments conducted at the Wisconsin Experiment Station, it has been found that in rais ing oats, for every ton of dry matter produced there were required 522.4 tons of water; for every ton of dry matter of flint corn there were required 2S3.9 tons of water: for. dent corn, 309.0S tons of water for every ton of dry mat ter. On plots at tliis station IS tons of dry matter of cats per acre repre sented an expenditure of 940.32 tons of water. Potatoes used 422.7 tons of wa ter per ton of dry matter. The yield of potatoes on the experiment plots of 450 bushels per acre during the dry sea son of "1893 represented an amount of water equal to 1.310.37 tons. Air.lir.1 Honey. Prof. J. L. Budd has been taking a trip through the Southwest. Speaking of the desert regions of New Mexico and Arizona, he says, in the Iowa State Register: The yankee is usually not slow in discovering money making pos sibilities. In riding over these plains it seems strange to find squatters on a patch of desert soil dotted over with sage brush, mesquite. and tree cactus with hundreds of stands of bees around the adobe cabin. If we call, we usually find an Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, or Da kota boy is proprietor of the "Bee Ranch." The practical idea is that without these pioneer money makers the alfalfa would waste its "fragrance on the desert air. As a honey plant it has no superior, yet we are told that many of the desert plants give good yields of nectar, which improves the quality for market of the alfalfa honey. We yesterday came across an Iowa young man who came here for his health who is really making money on his little desert pre-emption out of his extracted honey crop and his refined beeswax. In the latter line his yankee shrewdness enables him not only to re fine his own product, but that of bee ranchers over a wide area. Already the honey and beeswax of these arid valleys reaches manyof the cities and villages of the prairie states. HE receipts of butter and cheese in Chicago during last year, as given below, show an la crease over the year 1895 of 50,000,000 pounds of butter and 15,000,000 pounds of cheese. During the year closed yesterday lower prices have prevailed. Tke un usually large production-of milk, and therefore of butter and cheese, was caused by the favorable weataer con ditions throughout the summer and early fall. The year has been without precedent for good pasturage through out the hot season, and in consequence there was Jittle decrease in the make of butter until the latter part of Octo ber. While in former years there was a large falling off in the make after June, enormous quantities of June but ter were placed in cold storage in an ticipation of the higher prices that come with a lessening in the make, and as the -supply of fresh stock kept up through the summer hc&ers of storage stock grew anxious, aut the fall developed a good demand for it, and the year 1896 closed with cold storage goods well cleaned up. Much of this overproduction of butter found a ready sale in foreign markets. Hand lers of butter are constantly on the lookout for markets in which to ad- ter. The causes of increased produc and the export trade was a factor to ward that end in the last year. This trade is growing, as is shown by the fact that in 1895 the United States ex ported 15,647,500 pounds, and in 1896 sent abroad 26,320,000 pounds of but ter. The causes of increased produc tion of butter apply also to tbe large make of .cheese in 1896. But in addi tion to this the passage of the "filled cheese" law was of incalculable value to this industry, and also of great ben cfit to the entire dairy interests of the country. While the data at hand show a marked improvement in the con sumption of cheese at home, there has been but little more exported in 1896 than Mn 1S95. Through and local re ceipts of butter, cheese, eggs and poul try by months for the year. 1896: will be fouad In cracks and holes on and near the perches. Soak them in kerosene occasionally and they" will give np the struggle. The dust bath Ib a sunny corner of the fowl house is an Institution that, should never be missing, and it should also be replen ished and renewed from time to time W. P. Perkins. Hood's Pills 22SfIotate easy in effect sc MMMMMMMMMM0MM FOR 14 CENTS. We wish to (aim lM.aMpleaed customers In IU7 and hence offer 1 F2 Bismark Cucumber lie rtg ltour.d Globe Beet lOe Karlint Carrot Itc ' Kaiser Wilhelin Lettuce 15c " EarlieM Melon Me M GiantYellovOBfcm 13c " It-Day Radish lc " Brilliant Flower SertU lie Warta Ska. Car 11 ent. Above 1 pkgs. worth tt.Oo we will mail yon Tree together with our great plant ami seed catalogue Ba receipt of thia notice and tie. post age. How can we do It! Bccaoae we want new cnatonicrs aaI tno w It you eacetiy aaiaera ecavrou'a arret-, w acrer cct alone, without tbemiaa Catalogue alone sc potjrc. . vi i i Maria. SlLXEK KU.. U caa-Sg. WIS. i MMMMMMMMMMM BaHaaH dBeaBl AVi AHi aVaBVafS SEND US $1.10 And we will tend jou by zpm llii beautitu! revolver, wortb at.se. We arecciltocked ani will give vou tbe renent. sizes Kora. mSendutienamexandaddmrei if vour friend and ueiahbor (and S eta. In ftaaipi for postage) and we v 111 mail you rax a beautiful oil fin!bcU chnvno, worth S cent. SETO6 XaCRLMS REt M M UYS. 'Write for lartlcalara. NOTICE. Write for our catalogue if yon want to save money. We mail It to you free. wamai aucasTug ta.. in e. Kiaii at., rueagi. vcKHryttrmtM. BaAaaaBrVfl aBaabrtPAtXTEKI SaTflnNGtM I EnHaUUtt brnata. NaKVKT aar K ATTXK. thtttmt iu or .. AwBwir naenantairiar naatrr mm wrallo. ji e l.the atar Praar Whgathlr of i a cheapest i the marked Write f oraaawleadtte. FATJIUXlBiauHSCMCAHmS,lU. The i::ipl)ccr.. W. C. Freeman, at a Missouri Hor ticultural convention, told how to grow the raspberry. A deep, rich alluvial loam tbe best. If this is not to be had, the ground must be enriched by well-rotted manure. Location. A northern slope pre ferred, deep plowing best. Planting. For Reds, set in fall or early spring In rows three to four feet apart, and cultivate thoroughly as long as weeds appear. Allow no fruit to set the first year. Cut back the canes to about one foot the first year. Tender varieties should be cut back near the ground. Remove all the old and dead wood. The nearer the ground the buds appear, the better. Black Caps. Set three to seven feet apart, treat much the same as the Red Caps. Setting in the fall preferred, but may be set in the spring, if great care is used. Cultivate and hoe first year as late as October. Crops be tween the rows a hindrance. Only thorough work will pay. Top the plants eight or ten inches high, and if a large number of canes is wanted, lop the canes. Pruning. First year cut back to foot or eighteen inches, according to strength -of plant. For weak plants cut back to ground. Top the young shoots twelve "or fourteen irches high until laterals fill out the rows. Picking. Prepare in advance crates made, and filled with boxes. Secure the pickers, one-third 'more than you will need, assign them to certain rows and see that they work only there. U ifCC WSIKSSMSHMriMHCeU.E6E VLIUVI.O Actcai. Bcsixem Faou The fcTART Tcaclics business by doing busiuess. Also thorough Instruction in all branebca by mail. Life scholarship SJj. six mouths course rXL Corner 16th and Capitol Avenue, Oaiaha, Nebraska. PATENTS. TRADE MARKS Examination aad .Advice as to 1'atentakfiiir r im. Teat ion. Send tnrInventors' Guide, cr How" to Get a " . . an. i SWEET flWlB Scat eat to arroatea Ka cxBerirace- tw- aairt. PtciieasrorsrtmtiacnaaalUi JnwnT.i.a)ava3ia aajawaawaawawasswawawa. aaaassaaaa' iT -vafe- - - - -- " i???."? ZcZ& The I'ariu IliriK. At the recent session of the farmers' Institute the question, "how to rid land of white grubs," seemed to evoke gen eral interest; and to fail of a satisfac tory answer. Fall plowing was sug gested as an aid, salt was spoken of, but the opinion was that birds were the most effective remedy. One speak er related an experience, and said. a large pine tree stood near a piece of his land infested with the grubs and. he noticed a uumberv of black-birds making regular trips- from the tree to the land, and on investigation discov ered that the birds were after the worms, which had been turned up by plowing. He found seven birds' nests in one tree. He said he never allowed a crow or a black-bird to be killed on his premises, and considered them the greatest benefactors the farmers have in destroying the worm pest. This is but a repetition of an oft-told tale yt one not -sufficiently heeded. What pos sible object there can be in killing the birds no One can unflnrstrmr? nml vnr far-sers" and farmers' bovs seem to de- sooner and make better trees than the 11IB-A "" .. ui swm.sj uu ItUJC Soil for Ilerrien. cay soil must be well drained, is more d illicit t to prepare, matures later crops and not so favorable for winter protection. The ideal berry ground' would be, first, a rich loam with ciayj subsoil. Second, a dark loam or gravelly loam mixed slightly with clay,: and a clay subsoil, all having a south erly or eastern exposure. Any of thesej mixed soils, will make good berry gar dens by applying good barn yard ma nure, which contains all the essential' elements required. When such ma nure cannot be obtained then commer cial fertilizers rich in nitrogen and pot ash should be applied. Avoid low flat land unless under drained, it Is usually cold, late and more subject to frosts.' Avoid steep hillsides as being more subject to drouth and wash of soil-by tcverc rains. Very few farms are without suitable soil and location for a good berry garden and that farmer who simply exists, year after year, without a good garden has not learned the first principles of living. M. A. Thayer. Fruits Healthful. All ripe fruits are also more or less nutritious. It has been clearly demonstrated that the ap ple is superior to tho potato in the principles that go to increase the mus cle and brain of man, and in fattening qualities it is nearly equal to any other food. Ripe grapes have cured epidemic dysentery. Families where fruits are most plentifully used are most free from disease of all kinds, especially from fevers and bowel complaints. Most fruits aid digestion, some directly and some indirectly, and their free use lessens the desire for alcohol or other stimulants. The juicy ones act as dilu ents, and all as diuretics, the'free acids neutralizing the earthy matters in the blood: l could multiply authorities, but it insufficient to say that all agree as to the healthfulness of fruit. Ex. Keep the Clover Hay. Farmers are learning that clover hay for the cow is' worth more than any other kind. The wise farmer sells his timothy hay and keeps his clover. How often in my young days have I seen people buying timothy hay forjcattlc. thinking that because it cost the most it must there fore be worth most for cattle. When I was a boy we used to raise all of our own hay, and timothy was the standard variety. We began in the fall to feed it out to the cows and we kept at it till the mows were emntv. We hav learned better since. Feed the timothy to the horses and the clover to the cattle and sheep. Xels'on Smith. A Tree an Investment t takes time, labor and money to grow a tree, which means that the tree is an investment, and should be as carefully guarded, for what it is worth, as any other invest ment. It should not be overworked If a portion of the fruit is removed" cither by pruning or thinning, the vi tality of the tree is retained, the quality cf the natural food improved, and the chances less of the tree asking for a "lay off" four years out of five.- The successful apple grower of the future will be the specialist, the man with a "hobby," who believes in the future ol apple growing: hewill have the cour age, of his convictions. Ex; Small Trees. Small trees will root better than those that are larger and the young trees will start off in growth Butter. Cheese. pounds. pounds. Jan 15,049,200 3,759,700 Feb 13,494,000 3,601,750 March 14,468,250 3,691,000 April 15,046,100 3,168,300 May 22,458.000 4,108,000 June 30,450,100 5,228,150 July 27,316,000 5,807,450 Aug 22,-164.000 7,067,850 Sept 22,004,600 9,658,350 Oct 21,363,300 11,375,450 Nov 15,552,059 7,769,700 Dec 17,110,850 7,886,500 Totals 236.776.450 73.122.200 Table of shipments from Chicago of butter and cheese for the. year 1S96: Butter. Cheese, pounds. pounds. Jan 14,376,550 3,863,300 Feb 13,933,650 3,830,600 March 13,871,000 3,951,600 April 17,751,100 4,173,750 May 19,780,700 3,077,350 June 26,628,300 3,473,350 July ..-. 26;436,900 3.833,250 Aug 21,080,800 5,288,500 Sept I... 19,895,950 6.498,350 Oct 19,026,650 6,598,100 Nov 14,261.450 5,130,400 Dec 13,932.250 2.894.600 Totals 220.975.300 52,613,050 A Gaed Dairy Example. Elgin Dairy Report says: We are hearing very much of late in regard to .Ending a market for surplus products In the shape of butter in Europe, and particularly in Great Britain. It seems to us very strange that just at this present moment we should be so anx ious to secure the confidence and trade of our English cousins, when for the last five or six, possibly ten, years, we have been furnishing them with the poorest grade of butter possible, such as we could not sell in this country, and in addition have been liberally sup plying them with oleo and filled cheese adulterated dairy products. And now when, to a large extent, tho adul terated products are barred in this country from the regular trade, and our dairy industry has developed to such an extent that we can, under the present conditions of trade and com merce, manufacture more than we can consume at good prices here, we are looking to them for a market. We have gone to them heretofore with false goods in our hands and asked them to trade with us, and now when we come to them with the real stuff they look at us a little askance and say, "Are you honest now, and do you propose to be honest hereafter?" Now it would seem to us that our dairy bureau connected with the department of agriculture could take up some of those questions in a practical way, aa the Canada, New Zealand and Austral ian governments have done, and sec to it that nothing but straight goods arc exported from this country. We are inspecting our meats for the sake of securing foreign trade why not in spect our dairy products? It costs the people, through tho government, large sums of money for this meat inspec tion why not have a similar inspec tion for our dairy products, so that when a brand of the dairy bureau is placed on any of our dairy products and they are exported to foreign countries, the receivers will know that that means honest and straight goods. We make this suggestion to Chief Alvord, hop ing that something of this kind can be brought about, either during the pres ent term of congress when appropria tion bills are under consideration, or at least some suggestions made along that line. CHEAP PAPER. Haw Oactal Keearda Ara IJtH ta tMa apaear ta Daat la a Few Teara. The Prussian government has just discovered that during the last quarter of a century many of the documents which tell of the greatness of tke Fath erland have been threatened with com plete destructloa, owing to the bad quality of tho paper on which they are written. Ten years ago Denmark found that Its records were incurring Bostonian who did not know Mr. ""C ' , , 7 ,, . ,, mnM. ,, ,:., of the young kingdom are actually fall- tTakaawa and Charles Sumner once had an experi ence which taught him that he was botii known and unknown, even In Bos ton. Ho was on his way, riding in a street car. to attend a soeial meeting at the Church of the Disciples, to which he had been invited by the pastor, Dr. James Freeman Clarke, when two sug gestive incidents happened. While in the car he asked a gentleman the exact locality of the church. The gentleman told hfm, and then said: "Are you a stranger, sir?" showing that there was a Sumner by sight But a boy in the car jumped out when Mr. Sumner reached his destina tion and said: "Mr. Sumner, will you please write your name in my album?" They stopped under a street lamp and Sir. Sumner wrote his name. Home Scekera Excursions at Half Rates Via the Mitssouri Pacific Railway and Tron Mountain Route to points in the west and southwest. Tickets on sale Tuesdays: Feb. 16, Mar. 1 and 1(5, April 6 and 20, and May 4 and 18. For descriptive and illustrative pamphlets of the different states, time and map folders, address II. C. Townsend. Gen 2ral Passenger agent, St. Louis, Mo. Ills Limit- Local receipts of butter as reported daily by railroad and express com panies to the produce exchange, by months, for the year 1896: Butter, lbs. January .. February , March April May June July August September October ... November December Totals .. 4,890,900 3,816,300 ... 4,893,000 .......... 5,634,240 9,081.240 12,669,840 10,047,320 8,579,560 6,955,200 Oa4otv4U 4,512,640 a eJ.ajUT.alH S2.336.480 Table of the a-erage prices on butter and cheese for the year 1'896: Butter, January . February March ... April ... May June .... July August .. September lbs. .21 .19 .2l,i .17 1-3 .15 .14 .14 1-3 15U .15 October 17 November 19"fc Dumber 21 1-5 Cheeac, lbs. 9 2-3 10 10 9 8 7 7 6 7 8 8 8 light in doing so. There appears .to be a wantonness about It, when; if "they wmM passe a moment, they would see tint ttwywers Inflicting a severe In ftrr t UUBMlm Tit rW .""jyvst s?S3?C-..-s5sUi -.sgv.r. saved in attempting to use large trees. They are liable to meet with some drawback) which requires a year or more for recovery, while sftne of them Mr "t tariff U alll-Hbti . "l '- '-t - , rou! try Xotc. Cayenne pepper is doubtless bene ficial to poultry, especially in winter, provided of course it is used with prop er limitations. A teaspoonful. twice a week, for fifty fowls is an abundance. Still less will be required 'in summer. There is no use in overdoing the thing, and one had better use no stimulating spices than to feed an excessive amount. The only idea is to warm up the system in cold weather, ward off colds and chills, and promote digestion. A little pepper is good. Too much Is an injury. Snow is with us and the poultryman will, have considerable work on hand, not only to shovel paths, but also to open up areas where the fowls may come out, and exercise them selves. A hen is very helpless in deep suow. She cannot walk, nor can she get upon the wing without much trou ble. Hence it is quite important to provide a small space which" lias been cleared of snow. The snow that is to be moved may be appropriated to bank up against the poultry house. In this way the cold will be kept out. " How ever, it must be looked after that dur ing a melting spell the' water does not run into the house. Drainage must of course be good. Unfortunate indeed is the family who cannot produce its own eggs and thus have the satisfaction of knowing they are fresh and good, and of tasting their delicious flavor. There are many pleasures and luxuries connected with fowl culture that arc independent of mere pecuniary ad vantages. As the weather becomes cold, . collect the eggs oftener. For them to freeze means the loss of their sale. Really the poultry house should be sufficiently warm and snug so that the eggs will not freeze in any ordi nary winter weather. Frequent collec tions are stiil more essential when the eggs are to be preserved for hatching purposes. Wet, damp houses and yards are the source of much disease and ill health to poultry. After a shower the drainage should be sufficient to take off all surface water. The inside of the poultry house should Le elevated slight ly so as to admit of no influx of water from without. Fowls will stand cold better by far than dampness and filth. Lice are not so rampant at present as they were last summer, but yet they Ire still in tsisttic The "red attts". What One Hoy Hid. Although we have spoken several times recently on the subject of poul try raising by the young folks, we can not refrain from telling the beys and girls what a gentleman in this city told us not long. since about his boy, says the Poultry World. This account was such an apt illustration of what we have recently endeavored to impress on our readers that we will give it to them. At the age of ten years this boy began keeping poultry. His father built him a fowl house for which noth ing was" ever paid by the sou, but this was tbTe only expense which was not borne by the young fancier himself. He kept White Leghorns and his spare time out of school was devoted to car ing for and enjoying the flock. He worked at the business and it was good for him. It taught him regularity and involved responsibilities in seeing that his pets did not suffer. When he reach ed the age of twenty he went into his father's office. His bank book at that time showed a balance in his fa vor of $1,000, cleared from his poultry while he attended school. Those who think it "not worth the trouble" may ponder this result with edification to themselves. That one thousand dollars was worth more than one hundred thousand cents to the land. It repre sented more than money. It was ma terial evidence of much that could not be expressed in dimes and dollars. To begin with, it associated health and vigor with its owner. Business habits also were necessarily formed in the course of that decade which would be useful in future. Independence was in dicated, a sense of being of some im portance and the means of doing for himself were accompanying features. All these are worth much, and many a worried father and distracted mother who wish that the boys had something to do "that they like to do and amount to something," would, do well to follow the course adopted by his father. Oyster Opener (after Dusty Waters had calen about, a hundred) How many do you vant? Dusty Waters Oh, dafs all right, keep on shuckin an sing out when I've had ten cents' worth. Ing to pieces. The bad quality of mod ern paper is responsible for all this decay, for we nowadays no longer make our paper of raw silk or linen rags, but of grass, wood fibre and all sorts of materials which will not stand the test of time. A learned German professor has been analyzing the paper used in something like a hundred scientific reviews, and has found that only six of them could be guaranteed to last for a long time. The principal ingredient which does more than anything else to make mod ern paper perishable is said to be chloride of Hue, and it is calculated by this German scientist it will cause the paper into whose composition it largely enters io crumble within a com paratively few years. It is within the bounds of probability to say that a cen tury from now only those books and manuscripts on papers of the finer sort will be decipherable or in existence. Heretofore the principal enemy to the material life of books wa3 consid ered to be the bookworm, though iu tropical countries, owing to the cli mate, it is next to impossible to keep books from becoming pulpy masses .hardly to be recognized after the ad vent of the rainy season. A STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE. We hope to sell 1,000,000 packages Golden Rind Watermelon, the most wonderful freak of nature smooth, shiny, yellow rind, crimson flesh, deli cious! It's sensational. Took 500 first prizes In 1S96. You must have it to bo in the swim. Melons go like wild fire at 81.00 apiece. We paid $300 for one melon! $100 prizes for earliest melon ripened in 1S96 in 41 days. Lots of j money mado in earliest vegetables. Salzer's seeds produce them. Thirty- Kstt far lytaf. Old Maid (to messenger) Give h!rav the letter and if he asks ycu who sent it. just say "a beautiful young lady!" 'Messenger I shall charge you It cents more for that. That CoafualacDebate. He had a morning paper and a hw rled look as he entered the station. "Gimme a ticket to Horr." "What place?" "Horr Horr down here, south a burban town " "Oh. you mean Harvey?" And he-did. Look on tlio bvst roan that ever lived and w An Opportunity of :i 1,1 fe Time To secure a first-class vehicle below i five earliest sorts, postpaid, $1.00. com to initnuiaciurc. no arc closing out the stock formerly belonging to the Columbus JJugjry Co. in Omaha. Neb. nothing reserved. Send for cat alogue. .1. II. II.mjsev & Smith Co. 1G0S-10-12 Harney Street.. Omaha, Xeb. It Aided tha Colonics. King George took off his crown and let the cool- air play with his fevered brow. "You say," he remarked mwingly, "that Washington, Adams, Jefferson and Hancock are the four leaders in this rebellion." Lord North bowed his head and again referred to the dispatches from Amer ica. "They are, sire," he replied. George lit. puffed out his checks. "A eet of adventurers." he cried, con temptuously; "I'll crush them with a single hand." Lord North slowly shook his head. "You forget one thing, sire,", he gravely remarked. Gccrgo III scratched his nose re flectively with his sceptre. "What is it?" he asked, abruptly. "You forget, sire," returned the min ister, fastening his Majesty with a glit tering eye. "that it is absolutely im possible for one king to get away with two pair." And from that moment it was felt in Court circles that the Royalist cause :zz hopeless. New York Worlds ,Scnl Thin Notice ami IS Cents for a Package of Golden Rind and won derful seed book, 14C big pages, to John A. Salzer Seed Co., "La Crosse, Wis. w.n. you will nml something "on" him. IOWA FA1IS FOi: SALE on crop pav ments. 10 jHr cent ash. liaUitiWtcropvvarlr, until paid for. .1. XUI.HAU.. Wnukvsaii. III. The daughters of tlie Prlncu of Wales could swim before tl:oy could read. Cassakets sti:nu!nto lirer, kidneys and Lowcls. 2fever $ic!.cn. weaken or gripe,10c. Hush-iii'l wa originally tliu lnuovhand, or bond of union of the limine. Twins in Sl7r, Shape anil Activity. This is what tl:oc important little orsan. the khlr.cy are when healthy. In liv)nlcr lliey may iiilVi r in all three paitu'ulars. Uis ease usually destroys them Mierev.iv:Iy. not a1rl?lttlllaia-llh.! HWl ltlii in'll liaa ! ii'n it-ltilaa fciaaiaiii't7ivasaaiiiiitiitajiratvtaif tl llllt, the other Nv.'iai-5;aralv7eil. t!hy to lxith a ' now valued at $200 per acre, and thero lu-.iiiiiiui iiiipniM-. v. mho, iu i'.i:niii mum with Hosteller's Stomach Hitters, which fore stalls Mich tliea'lful maladies as ISrhrht's dLs- One Door In tjcorht ltdrrnoms. Under a new ordinance in Griffin, Ga., a barroom ia that town may not connect with another room, and must have but one doorway for entrance and exit. Even if the proprietor of the bar lives In the building in which it is situ ated, he must have a separate entrance to his house, and from his bar must go into the street in order to get into h3 home. The object of the ordinance i3 obvious. NO-TO-BAC FOR FIFTY CENTS. Over 404,000 cured. WbynotletNo-To-llac re;u ate or remove vour desire tor tolacco. haves money, makes hen'tii and manhood. Cure guaranteed, 50c aud $1 .0.,aU druggists. CallcnVCttbbae ilrait. Several year3 ago the residents of Galiec, a little Berreln hamlet in Michi gan, were surprised at the advent of a party of Chicago men who devoted their time to inspecting a largo tract of swamp land near that place. The curi ous citizens were still more astonished when the Chicago contingent purchased the alleged worthless land for a trifling sum per acre and set about opening up huge ditches to drain the large area and fit it for cultivation. Last season that portion of the tract cleared produced 20,000 ton3 of cabbages, which brought in $S0,000 to the fortunate growers, the land proving to be peculiarly adapted to the culture of that vegetable. Thi3 year the cabbage patch comprises 600 acres of this erstwhile worthless land. "It will go away after awhile." j That's what people say when adviscl to take something to cure that cough. Have you ever noticed that the cough that goes away after awhile takes the coughcr along ? And Its docsiCt come backt Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Coughs. aai Comfort to California. Poultry It it n . . Farmers are not, as are city people, restricted for range for their poultry. Therefore the birds should always have large ranges. The range should to Robert Clem by Justice llausc. Miss ease a'ld tlial-etus. Usotlio Hitlers also for malari-tl. bilious, rheumatic, nervous, bowel and Kidney trouble?. - Ttie 1'our Komuas. "It is wonderful,." said young Mrs. Torkins, "to" think of the progress the world has made." "Yes," said her husband, "one can't help seeing evidences of progress everywhere. If you walk out on tho streets you see electric cars and elec tric lights everywhere." "Yes, whenever I see an electric light I do feel so sorry for the poor Romans. How they ever managed to read any thing by the light of those spluttery Roman candles is more than I can im cginc." Washington Star. An t:iop!n Family. Miss Alice Howard, a member of a wealthy Lexington ivy.) family, eloped and was wedded at Jeffcrsonville, Ind., are some people in Galien who hint that there are cabbage heads in that region other than those under cultivation. FITS stoppo! free ami permanently cnrel. XoSra nMer fini il.ir'n us of Or. Klini-'i C.rvat .Ivnte KcsfiiriT. Vrce iZ trUI lottI- awl irralisr. Send to Dr. Ki.ixw.iai Arcli St.. Philadelphia, Ia The more :t man knows tho more he is dined to Le mixlest. ln- TO GUKK A COa.U IN OXK DAT. Ta'sc laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AH Drujrgists refund the money if It fails to care, :5c Every TluiRMiay afternoon a teurlst Meepiiuc ear for Tcnver. Salt I ake City, all 1'raneNeo. and l.os Auscles Ieave Omaha and Lincoln via the Ituriinton Koiite. It is carpeted, iipiiolsteied in rattan, has spring sealt and hacks and is provided with curtains, heddins. tow els oap,etc An experienced uiiirsit:i conductor and a. uniformed i oilman porter accompany it through to thu Paeilio Coast. While neither as expen sively linlshed nor as li o to look at as a palacusleeper.lu Is just aszood to ride iu. sec ond class tic!. etsa re honored ami the nriceofaherth.wldo eitoii'.'h and h-- enough for two. isonlvS . I'or a folder giving full particulars write to J. Fran-cis. Oen'I PasVr Ascnt, Omaha Xcb. Ul I VSSlCnrra ta IO toSU aTE.R.lyjtS D J.!STEPKSW.Jawa,wa DITCHTC 20arrxp"ri,nc,.SniI J-etrlt fi-rrul-inlCrliO- !' t..l't-.i:i-,l.i-pi-iii.fx:miin-rt;.:s. lut.OUlctr) Diane -s W. er, ilcGill Ditlfc-., Wau.l.C Dr. Kay's Lung Bain for coughs, colds, and throat dlscisa I'mK sriil nmnif - whisky " '" 3JrlUi! tntr. Dr. c x. anotLcr. vixtvM. i.a. xi55!SSl?Tfcops9tfsEji Wattr. be large enough so that the grass v.-ill not be eaten off. It might be thought that this word of advice is not needed, yet we know that it is. "We have our selves seen farms where the poultry run was so limited that the earth was bare of verdure all the time. Beyond the run in mind was a grass field that should have been made to contribute to the sustenance of the poultry. There is another point about having a grass run for the poultry so large that the grass cannot be eaten off. That is, that grass is a cheaper food for poul try, as a part ration, than almost any other. The grass not only is a cheap food, but a healthful food, and one that seems to stimulate egg production. The blades of grass attract insects, such as grasshoppers, and thus contribute to the supply of fiesh-food. so much liked by poultry. Wire for fencing costs lit tle; therefore there is no reason why a large poultry run should not be an pceessory to every farm. Howard's mother ar.d f:i titer eloped and were married and five married s:s- Thc Ideal newspaper will come with ideal pulpit and the ideal preacher. the W. N. U. OMAHA. No. 8. 1S97. When writing to advertisers, kindly men tiori this paper. Y&99' Like rust on polished metal l 1 J R A Id A Blights and Crimps the Nervous Syst J Like oil on rust , removes the blight aad cures the paia. k44444444444444j44i44i4444444444444- v4 tcrs all olaped with their husbands, four cf them to ville. respective Jcffersoa- I)l;tii:i -e.. "Who made year bicycle suit?" "I made it myself." "Yes. -I thought Co. but I wanted to be s-re. How nice it is:" Cleveland Flair. rca!.-r. Fiso'g Cure for Consumption is the onlv rottsli mediriuo used in my house. D. C. AILright, Miniiiilur, Fa., l?c. 11, 'US. There is such a t himr as having great influ ence without havinjr great talent. Tcst try a 10c I ox of rathnrtiiC the finest liver Jator iiia-ie. Cnsearcts, candy aud Lou el rcu- A uia! can't depend upon lcsshoMiijoys hard v.i.ik. a good time tin- ' 1 AHUY LAMIAKIIl ro&caetk CURE CONSTIPATION 10 a.. mMJm a DRUGGISTS. J 25 50 5 ABSOLUTELY Ifjgyjfrykjfty;. jJ-?TEPJEPTr.QiP???l"3-fiv-ri't?"' . '.j S IBOATTPTPTY rniPI1ITI717ntocanaa7raeor(na!itIaattea.C3scartUarethIilMlLa:a-i ADOUuUlEiliX uUflnarilLuItifr.BfTrrsriBarcrip.listrav-aynatBnlrrsalta. fcaa-2 :rorinir l'ra-. The growing of peas is a branch of agriculture 'that should receive more attention than it has received in the past. Peas have been neglected for various reasons, in the first place peo ple do not know how valuable they are both as a food and fertilizer, except when used in a green state for food. Another reason, perhaps, is that ma chinery for Harvesting has been lack ing. But we believe that the great fac tor is that people have not got into the notion of raising great fields of peas. Of course we recognize the fact that a ' field of peas will lodge easily and therefore become difficult to harvest; that some of the peas ripen before others and then fail off or shell out be foio they can be harvested. But, con sidering their grcatvalue for feeding, they should be given a larger place ia the economy of the farm. Apples. There is no fruit grown that is so staple as the apple; no fruit thai can so nearly be distributed to the four quarters of the world, in its natural state, with so little expense or packing nr In so economical a package, and there is no fruit that will receive the J uninterrupted demand lor so long a season. It is easier to prevent pests getting! ganmr"" "iiH'iH'iira t i-s -m- t g-S-SsJ-. aifflt'lHIU.' ..TliiiJ.l The papers an fofl '. deaths from Heart Failure i caoecoacaaoa Of course the hdTt faib to zzt when a man diss, but "Hart Failure' co celled, nfcs times out of tea. b czvxd by Uric Acid in the biocd which the Kidneys fail to remove, end which corrodes ths heart until it becomes ura:lc to perform its functions. Health Officers in many cities vcry properly refuse to accept" Kcirt Fail ure as a czu: cf dceia. It h fre quently a sign cf ignorance in tac phyddaa, cr xay bz r.-cn to cover up the real cause A Medicine wiih 20 Years of . . Success behind it . . will reniovcjfcu pobenous Uric Acid by putting the Kidneys ia c heei Jr condition su that they will netyraliy eliminate it. nQaaaaaaaaaaQaaaaaaaaailQ j jaaaaaiiaraaaaaaTfaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa- REASONS FOR USING ! Walter Baker & Co.'s Breakfast Cocoa. ; Because it is absolutely pure. Because it is not made by the so-called Dutch Process in which chemicals are used. j Because beans of the finest quality are used. j Because it is made by a method which preserves unimpaired J the exquisite naturalflavor and odor of the beans. j Because it is the most economical, costing less than one cent i a cup. Be sure that you get the genuine article Blade by WALTER BAKER & CO. Ltd.. Darchestrr, Mass. Established 1780. flftHWHMMIHMIIIMMHMMMMMMIMtlim4 1 1 m l b OIIAaA fUTCT Cli to carc Jl,c wcnt coaghs. We mean every word AW TC - W f ifj I Eb aaV tar wo say and to convince you of this wc offer to mK ,t.Hi! sou Ly mail a ic box of Dr. Kay's Ltint: Malm on receipt of three stamps to pay Am jr pcMircauu slier joti are cureu unusaumcu uisau wec:aita rcr It vou can -cml tii 1 I? i Ik cat s: sicl nes lic ordinary coush medicines but is pleasant to take ana children like W i: bo veil as to cry for 11 frequently. f Irj it. reined le testing itt- A GRIPPE and it- after effects are speedily cured by it. it Is also a sure cure for lloar:cr.chs. bore Tfcroat; Catarrii. Consumption and all Liin?and Throat A ' troubtes. whrtlicraiutcorilironic. icr.d for testimonials and other positive proofs, i It '-net ociy GTJARAHTEEB TO CUSr but it is cuaiantccd not to contain any Am iiiccac. tartar cm"tie. lolelia cr any other nauseating or daiprnn iirni- tr , nS- Dr. Kay's Lung Balm. rV;..n- -MnVln &'K?ER?'lm.-l i mJ i&WMMaAtaittftftMtfBMrl -- - . i M H C 7 SB rlaptf o cr --."- - . , , .. , """ """'' ""-ii' jwice nave i oeen com- m . v 1 cilwl to rc-t from my mln .-tcrial duties for a period of several yrars. When I took T2 S er chlLYml,rJiie?ri! A9 o 9K OtUfccraadwaiaIrfe !? l ror"out.? we.ckSnd.l)eKa TCatI aupposcdwas a winter Jl e 7 oriotrghta;,. Mr wife called my attention to Dr. Kay's Lung Balm and after much 42 c g; rcxj-K.T.ioni.n Lcr part, and a tree expression (of a not nattering character) about 2 g Z pul.nt medicines, oa my pat. I concluded to try the Lacg Balm. X fait at oaee 4fl( L tUit it tenshsd a placj in my malady taat mataiaaralaa aad. avar daaa" I JX 5 !T-'C0 jntrravt f used abttutotoxe and aaa aw preaca witaoat caasalar. 4ft glial l.cei it bvnic and If I t.iUe cold I uaa it If I tare a bronchial irritation afterpreaJh- "52 a i y rjfltaksDr.Zay'a Una Ea!a. I can cheerfully say that th Lung Bafm has 2 o J UcLU'reatlflpwaift lltss i.o bad -Cect upon the stomach. Kcsprctfullv sour ,2 g J P J 1. UK Ta u. 3?a,tor M. E. Church Spriag Mlll.Iowa. ., Muia.a CcmtWm. 41 e a. tad for punipaiet s.r..l circulars. Alt "Womanhood." a ?pcclaL booklet for 2S S ltd ..-i frc. Atltirscs. V6t.rn O.tu-c. Dr. V. J Kay MasUaal dm.. oaaahU. ar.i, A mmWmMmwmmm)mmmm2x r I X? -Jf l st.vr-i,2:.i: dA'j;?6ej'&Cs3gfefV?' y- -- Jtsi V .3" i..- - .- .'IrfJ-.i'Va. i4 . .. . .... ,. v'3fekxi i ,--;: ' - -. a55sarga;ggBa(iMiBaaiaaiMa4SM aaftfiaaaHail;:-?Bf79&Xf -.-t... rtv s3hSi-' , s-..i :- .
